Hunter Academy: Revenge of the Weakest

Chapter 938 215.4 - Finally

Astron nodded, the motion slow, deliberate. His hand remained steady against her back, his presence grounding, unwavering.

"When I saved Maya that time," he said, his voice even, calm, as though he had long understood the truth before anyone else had, "she was in the process of transforming into a vampire."

Her breath stilled.

His voice, steady and measured, settled into the space between them, pulling at something deep inside her.

"And since the transformation was interrupted halfway," he continued, "I had always assumed that her body changed. That she became a vampire, but incomplete."

He paused, letting the weight of his words sink in.

"That was my initial assumption."

She listened.

Every word, every syllable, felt as if it carried something important.

Something that she had long wondered.

Astron's gaze remained steady, his voice calm, as if he had already turned this over in his mind countless times.

"Since her body changed, she naturally became a vampire, and her instincts began taking over from time to time," he said. "At first, I didn't think much of it. It seemed… normal."

Her breath slowed as she listened, her body still pressed against him, absorbing his words, his warmth.

"I assumed that was simply part of the transformation process," he continued, his tone quiet, measured. "That it was just a matter of time before she fully adapted."

A pause.

"But the more I researched, the more I started to suspect something wasn't right."

His hand, still resting lightly against her back, shifted slightly. Not in hesitation—Astron never hesitated—but in careful emphasis, as if guiding her through the truth he had already reached.

"The concept of drinking blood until near-madness," he said, his voice dipping lower, "isn't a normal vampire trait. Especially not for a Duke-class vampire."

Her body tensed at that.

Because she knew.

She had always known.

The hunger that clawed at her wasn't simply a thirst—it was a void.

A desperate, all-consuming obsession.